WODONGA’S INDEPENDENT AGENTS offered 1500 female cattle, Thursday, to a large crowd of buyers and spectators. This sale included several herd dispersals, and competition was very good for the proven breeders over the yet to calve heifers.
Competition in the early sales came from local district producers, but when the sale progressed onto heifers 20-24 months, especially the larger selection of Herefords, B&L Livestock was a major purchaser sending cattle back to Bathurst for their clients.
This was an interesting sale with buyers keener to buy 2nd through 7th calving cows and heifers rather than heifers calving for the first time. Also affecting some sales was the proposed calving dates with springing females selling to more competition than spring calving females.
Several herd dispersals were noted the major offering coming from Ross & Judy Davis, Preswon P/L, Benalla. The Davis’s run extensive acres, and send all of their calves to their Buffalo, South Gippsland farm to fatten.
However, Ross has decided to downsize their operation and they sold 400 joined females from 2-2.5 year old heifers through to cows on their 5th, 6th and 7th calf. Most females were Banquet bloodlines, and joined to Pathfinder bulls for autumn calving.
The heifer portion sold from $1750-$2200, and the cows from $1800-$2650. The cows were sold after the heifers, and potential buyers could see how well the females grew out, but chose the older over the younger.
Included in the yarding was a large line of 253 Hereford heifers, mostly Mawarra & Trethowan bloodlines, and PTIC to a range of Angus bulls for spring calving. Offered for sale by RS Whytlaw, Benalla, they sold from $1350-$1950 with all heifers rising 2 years of age. The same vendor also sold 56 Angus-Hereford heifers from $1850-$2225.
JW&EB Scott, Benalla, sold 30 crossbred cows PTIC to Black Simmental bulls from $1375-$1650.Another herd dispersal was Globex Gully Ranches, Tangambalanga, selling 79 Angus heifers and cows from $1425-$2000.